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The English-Speaking Union
New York Branch
144 East 39th St.
New York, NY 10016
newyork@esuus.org

January-April 2018 Branch Newsletter

2018 TLAB Scholarships Available

The New York Branch will again sponsor high school educators for summer study at the University of Edinburgh, University of Oxford, or Shakespeare's Globe with scholarships. Complete the 2018 ESU Scholarship Application by February 6, 2018.

2018 Branch Shakespeare Competition

This year, the New York Branch semi-finals will take place over three afternoons in late February and early March at the ESU House. See sidebar for dates. The finals will take place at the Morgan Library and Museum on March 9, 2018.

News And Events

ESU National Shakespeare Competition Winner on Broadway

We in New York City have been blessed to have on Broadway this season two extraordinary Shakespeare's Globe productions, Twelfe Night, or What You Will and The Tragedie of King Richard the Third. I was invited by our friend Neil Constable, CEO at Shakespeare's Globe in London, to attend the opening night, and I had the opportunity to see both productions back to back and really savor repertory theatre -- and to attend the party to wait for the reviews (raves as you'll see from the attached link) with the star-studded cast.

An Evening with New Yorker Writer Adam Gopnik on the 50th Anniversary of JFK's Assassination

Event
– November 22

(l to r) John Andrews and Adam Gopnik

ESU members joined with those from the Shakespeare Guild and National Arts Club for a memorable evening of stimulating conversation with New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on November 22. The topic of the conversation was primarily retrospection on the assassination of JFK, which occurred on that day 50 years prior, interwoven with comparisons to Lincoln's and other assassinations, and the influence of Shakespeare and his themes on both men.

We should welcome the end of the printed book.

News

ESU President and Executive Director Alice Boyne welcomes the debaters

Celebrating the second year of the New York Debate League, sponsored by the ESU, two teams of middle school students debated the proposition: "We should welcome the end of the printed book" on June 15 at the Morgan Library & Museum. The teams comprised three students from Hunter High College Community Schools in New York City and three students from the Hackley School in Tarrytown.